6 Bathroom Decorating Ideas from the World's Chicest Hotels

It can be hard to define exactly what makes a space look masculine. The obvious criteria are an absence of flourish and frill and an emphasis on profile and solid-feeling materials. Small, square mosaic tiles with a stripe of color at the Viceroy Central Park in New York have a more urban sensibility, especially when paired with a console sink. Perhaps it is the trend of the moment, but brass fittings also seem to turn up frequently in bathrooms that would be at home in the most James Bond-worthy bachelor pads.


Excerpted from Hotel Chic at Home by Sara Bliss. Copyright © 2016 by Sara Bliss. Reprinted by permission of The Monacelli Press.